08-25-2011, 03:55 PM
i don't fear much. but i do fear hurricanes. when Andrew hit Miami my aunt was almost killed as she lay in her bathtub while her house tore apart. she and my cousins lost everything they owned. some things priceless such as a lifetime of photos, etc. she still gets nervous when a storm is coming. and Miami and environs looked like Hiroshima after the bomb. it was awful. and of course everyone remembers Katrina.
all those years i lived/worked in florida we would be activated when a 'cane was coming. we were required to live/sleep/eat at the jail, that was a nightmare. we had to stay on call 24/7. our kids would be taken by other Sheriff Depts. inland.
when it hit we did not answer 911 calls. it was unsafe for us to be on the road. but the populace had fair warning and were told to evacuate. if they chose not to, fuck 'em. i always told the Sheriff we should issue toe-tags for people who decided to stay at the beaches. they could just write their names on them and tie them on. save us the trouble of ID after.
all those years i lived/worked in florida we would be activated when a 'cane was coming. we were required to live/sleep/eat at the jail, that was a nightmare. we had to stay on call 24/7. our kids would be taken by other Sheriff Depts. inland.
when it hit we did not answer 911 calls. it was unsafe for us to be on the road. but the populace had fair warning and were told to evacuate. if they chose not to, fuck 'em. i always told the Sheriff we should issue toe-tags for people who decided to stay at the beaches. they could just write their names on them and tie them on. save us the trouble of ID after.